At the TFF 2012 Future of Film Lunch Series, Kickstarter’s Film Program Director Elisabeth Holm discussed the definitive crowd-funding community. How can filmmakers use the platform to get their movies made? Watch and learn. Full video to follow.
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Hey Filmmakers! How can you utilize Tumblr to share your film with the broadest audience possible? On April 24, Tumblr's Head of Outreach Mark Coatney enlightened the crowds at our TFF 2012 Future of Film Lunch Series. Full video to come.
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Heineken’s signature green was all the rage at the Heineken Audience Awards party on April 28, where Festival-goers celebrated the people’s choice for Best Narrative Feature—Any Day Now—and Best Documentary—BURN.
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After walking the red carpet at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, Jessica Shapiro—the 7-year-old star of the Tribeca Film trailer “Imagination”—delights in her big screen debut.
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Stylish icons from New York and Hollywood were on the red carpet during the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. As you can tell from this video… it's all about the shoes!
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In this excerpt from the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Directors Series, Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon answer an audience question about privacy issues. Sarandon: “I was denied security clearance recently to go to the White House, and I don’t know why.” Moore: “I assume everything that I am saying on the telephone or in an email is probably, at some point, being looked at.”
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In this excerpt from the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Directors Series, Michael Moore talks to Susan Sarandon about fighting his fears during the filmmaking process: “I’m [usually] trying to convince myself that I’m going to get through this alive, and that no harm will come to me… [but] this has to be done.”
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Did you see Jaws, The Goonies, or Knuckleball! at the 2012 Tribeca Drive-In? If so, check out our time-lapse documentation of how the events came to be.
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In this excerpt from the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Directors Series, Michael Moore talks to Susan Sarandon about why he does what he does: “I’ve only filled a void, really, that has existed for some time, because real journalism, mainstream journalism, hasn’t done their job.”
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Ideas, innovation, and intelligence were all on full display at the 2012 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, held April 27 at the NYU Stern School of Business. Silver Hammers were awarded to Jack Dorsey, John Wood, Tiffany Shlain, Edward Burns, and yes, Justin Bieber and the man who discovered him, Scooter Braun.
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Awardees at the Third Annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards brandished their "Silver Hammers" on the red carpet on April 27, 2012.
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On April 23, journalist Annie Correal shared the "deep, lasting [and very personal] story" of her father’s kidnapping in Colombia. Welcome to Cowbird, a new medium for digital storytelling.
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Our roving camera was on hand to witness the red carpet energy and excitement at Saturday’s screening of Marvel’s The Avengers at BMCC’s Tribeca Performing Arts Center.
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Day 12: The last day of any TFF is always sad, but we're not going to dwell on that fact. Celebrate the end of our 11th Festival by seeing as many award-winning films and special screenings as you can!
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Don't want the Festival to end? We understand. Relive TFF 2012 (or catch the films you missed) alongside viewers across the country on VOD with The Giant Mechanical Man, Sleepless Night, Death of a Superhero and Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story.
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Day 11: Lots of things on deck today, including the Directors Series with Jim Sheridan, the Sloan Foundation panel following WarGames, and screenings of Replicas, Downeast, Journey to Planet X, Postcards from the Zoo and more.
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On deck today: panels on distribution, new platforms, the digital marketplace, and young filmmakers on the streets of NYC. And, of course, more screenings, including several Heineken Audience Award contenders!
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Panels and movies keep rolling on. Day 8: Don't miss free events from Focus Forward and Google Ideas, world premieres, and post-film chats galore (Rob Lowe!). It's a busy day.
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Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal welcomed a who's who of New Yorkers and Hollywood at the Vanity Fair party, kicking off the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival in high fashion.
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Looking forward to the 2012 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards? Here are all the details about the afternoon breakout sessions. See you Friday!
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What are you doing for lunch? Join us downtown at 92YTribeca for a free speaker series that brings the Future of Film blog to life. Presenters include Paranormal Activity's Jason Blum, College Humor's Ricky Van Veen, MediaReDef's Jason Hirschhorn, and more.
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Filmmakers, take notice! FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas, a partnership between GE and CINELAN, announces the FOCUS FORWARD $200K Filmmaker Challenge. Also, check out the various FOCUS FORWARD events at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.
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This city at night is magical, and our cameras have been tracking it all. Drink it in.
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Grammy-nominated producer/singer/songwriter John Forte will appear tonight at the Bowery Ballroom. Catch his documentary The Russian Winter at TFF 2012—3 more screenings are on sale now.
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